As a Mindful Schools Certified Mindfulness Instructor, Cyndi has experience teaching Mindfulness in over 30 different classrooms, kindergarten through college level, in Boise, Idaho and the surrounding area. Services include:
- Providing direct instruction of mindfulness lessons in classrooms on a bi-weekly, weekly, or monthly basis
- Whole-school implementation of mindfulness programming
- Professional development workshops and trainings for teachers/staff
Today’s educators and students carry so much on their shoulders. Meeting academic and social expectations, and simply growing up or continuing to teach in our rapidly, ever-changing world and current educational environments can be tough, to say the least. Teaching mindfulness in schools is a way of supporting students and educators so that they can not only survive, but thrive.
Research shows that schools with comprehensive mindfulness training and those that weave mindfulness practices into the school day see benefits for teachers and students individually, as well as seeing positive changes in school culture.
Benefits for Students have been shown to include:
- Improved Cognitive Function: Better focus and concentration, improved grades
- Overall Well-Being: Improvements in emotional regulation, compassionate attitudes and behavior, empathy, perspective-taking, resiliency, social skills, and healthy habits
- Manage Stress & Anxiety: Decrease in stress, test anxiety, depression, general anxiety, post-traumatic symptoms, including ACES (adverse childhood events)
Benefits for School Communities:
- Improve School Climate: Fewer referrals for discipline
- Support Teacher Well-Being & Effectiveness: Reduced burnout, professional improvement, increased job satisfaction, emotional resilience, classroom management
- Deepen Parent Relationships: Improvements in secure and positive parent-teen relationships